New Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh is bringing a model of smashmouth soccer to the franchise. An awesome illustration of Harbaugh’s philosophy resides in how the Chargers have revamped their backfield through free company.
The Chargers added Gus Edwards in March, and now they’ve added J.Okay. Dobbins, per NFL Community’s Tom Pelissero.
Each Dobbins and Edwards come to the Chargers after spending the primary portion of their careers with the Baltimore Ravens, the place present Chargers offensive coordinator Greg Roman was the Ravens OC from 2019-22.
Each backs shouldn’t have any hassle studying the Chargers offensive scheme and with the ability to run with authority. Dobbins has averaged 5.8 yards per carry all through his profession and Edwards has averaged 4.9. Whereas Dobbins has been elite throughout his NFL profession, he is had unhealthy luck with accidents. Nonetheless simply 25, Dobbins tore his Achilles final season and tore his ACL in 2021. The Chargers are banking on Dobbins to be wholesome shifting ahead and to supply like he has previously.
The Los Angeles speeding assault ranked No. 27 in speeding yards per carry final season with 3.8. Dobbins and Edwards, together with what figures to be an improved offensive line, ought to culminate in one of the best speeding rankings the Chargers have had in years, maybe all the way in which again to the times of LaDainian Tomlinson.
“Are you able to think about Justin Herbert with a fantastic operating sport?” Greg Roman stated final month, per ESPN. “We do not know, however I can think about what it’d appear to be. That is type of the imaginative and prescient.”
Again in February Harbaugh talked concerning the significance of building an excellent operating sport to maintain Justin Herbert wholesome and to not put an excessive amount of on his shoulders. Herbert’s an elite quarterback, however it’s a crew sport, and balanced assaults are nonetheless essential to win the Tremendous Bowl, and even the NFC West.
“Defending him. We want a run sport,” Harbaugh stated. “We want to have the ability to be balanced so he doesn’t should be Superman each single play.”
The Chargers offense will doubtless want so as to add extra reinforcements at large receiver after buying and selling Keenan Allen to the Chicago Bears and releasing Mike Williams. Nevertheless, that place will doubtless be focused within the NFL Draft, maybe as quickly as the primary spherical the place the Chargers have the No. 5 total choose. Whereas receiver is a query nonetheless a query mark, the depth at operating again shouldn’t be. Dobbins and Edwards might do numerous injury for Los Angeles this season.
